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[3] Presentation drawing for a ruinous folly, 1777, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/59
Purpose
[3] Presentation drawing for a ruinous folly, 1777, unexecuted
Aspect
Panoramic perspective within a landscape of a ruinous castellated curtain wall, devoid of a keep, punctuated by towers and with semicircular carriage arches on each range. The structure appears to function as an enclosed court
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Design for the Earl of Oxford (on a separate sheet)
Signed and dated
- 1777
datable to 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including sepia and olive green within a single ruled border on laid paper (1187 x 408)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
Tait, 1996, p. 29
Astley, 2000, p. 34
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 229, 232
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Tait, 1996, p. 29
Astley, 2000, p. 34
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 229, 232
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
Robert Adam, The Creative Mind: from the Sketch to the Finished Drawing, Sir John Soane's Museum, 4 October 1996 - 1 March 1997; The Frick Collection, New York, December 1997 - April 1998; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, May - June 1998; The Octagon Museum, Washington, July 1998 - January 1999; Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, February - March 1999
Robert Adam's Castles, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 16 June - 16 September 2000
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Drawings by the Giants of British Neo-Classicism, Sir John Soane's Museum, 1 February - 1 June 2008; Tchoban Foundation Museum für Architekturzeichnung, Berlin, 3 October 2015 - 14 February 2016
Robert Adam, The Creative Mind: from the Sketch to the Finished Drawing, Sir John Soane's Museum, 4 October 1996 - 1 March 1997; The Frick Collection, New York, December 1997 - April 1998; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, May - June 1998; The Octagon Museum, Washington, July 1998 - January 1999; Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, February - March 1999
Robert Adam's Castles, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 16 June - 16 September 2000
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Drawings by the Giants of British Neo-Classicism, Sir John Soane's Museum, 1 February - 1 June 2008; Tchoban Foundation Museum für Architekturzeichnung, Berlin, 3 October 2015 - 14 February 2016
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk